Michiel Bothma

Michiel Bothma
Personal information
Full name	Michiel Frederick Bothma
Born	13 March 1973 (1973-03-13) (age 38) Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality	South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1993
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	4
Challenge Tour	1

Michiel Frederick Bothma (born 13 March 1973) is a South African professional golfer.

Bothma was born in Pretoria. He turned professional in 1993 and has played predominantly on the Southern Africa Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time in 2002 at the Telkom PGA Championship, one of the most prestigious tournaments in South Africa. In 2010 he won the PGA Championship for the second time.

Professional wins (5)

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	17 Nov 2002	Telkom PGA Championship	-15 (67-69-69-68=273)	Playoff	Mark Murless
2	31 Aug 2007	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	-12 (70-66-68=204)	1 stroke	Jaco van Zyl
3	21 Feb 2010	Telkom PGA Championship	-20 (71-67-67-63=268)	1 stroke	George Coetzee
4	2 Oct 2010	SAA Pro-Am Invitational	-10 (72-68-66=206)	Playoff	Jaco van Zyl

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	3 Apr 2011	Barclays Kenya Open	-14 (60-67-69-68=270)	2 strokes	Tyrone Ferreira

External links

• Michiel Bothma at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Michiel Bothma – profile on PGA European Tour's official site

Persondata
Name	Bothma, Michiel
Alternative names	Bothma, Michiel Frederick
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	13 March 1973
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death